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Morgan State

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Fieldwork: Immigration Interview

My name is Romha, my family and I came from Ethiopia. When I first arrived in the United States I was a bit scared and nervous. The surroundings where a bit different and I did not know if I would adjust accordingly and fast enough to the new lifestyle. I was only 10 when I first came to the new country. The schooling was different as well as the people. My father had picked up the job as a taxi driver, while my sisters and I attended school. During my years in High School I worked at Dunkin’ Doughnuts. The job was kind of fast paced, but it paid well to be in high school, so I did not complain. When I we moved, my mother did not move with us, she stayed behind so the role I had to take in had changed. When we were in Ethiopia my mother would cook and clean, however, with my mother being gone and my sisters being out the house from time to time I found myself cooking and cleaning. I am now in college working on my bachelor degree in physical therapy, and I am happy to say that I love it here.

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FIELDWORK: BIOGRAPHY OF A CHOCOLATE BAR

1. What are the ingredients? 

Peanut Chews consist of Peanuts, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Molasses, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Glycerin, Dextrose, Cocoa Powder, Salt, Sorbitan Tristearate (An Emulsifier), Soya Lecithin (Emulsifier), Citric Acid.

2. What are the working and living conditions of the people who produce the cocoa?

The people who help produce the cocoa do not live under very good circumstances. They often struggle with monetary problems, and homes are usually in poor condition. This scan be due to them not making a lot of money.

3.How is it produced? Are child laborers involved?

Peanut Chews are produced by adult workers. Child laborers are not involved in any production of the chocolate Peanut Chews.

4.How do the producers get the cocoa to the market ?

The producers get the cocoa by having them loaded into trucks and delivered to the warehouses where they are used to make peanut chews. 

5.How are the prices set ?

The prices for these chocolate bars are usually based upon supply and demand, however, these chocolate bars can be purchased for $1 and some change.

6.Which international corporations dominate the chocolate trade? Who regulates it ?

In 1949 Harry and Sylvia Goldenberg (2nd generation) purchased the Peanut Chews Division of D. Goldenberg, Inc. to focus solely on the production of Peanut Chews candies. It is now under the control of Just Born Inc.

7.How is chocolate marketed?

The Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews have been marketed through a retro “Chewin’ it old school” campaign that was featured in the Mummers Parade in 1967. Today, they are featured and advertised in magazines and ads in store.

8.Where did you buy it at?

Peanut chews can be purchased at local food dispensaries, however, i purchased mine from the Morgan State University’s canteen located in the student center.

9.how much profit does a store owner make on a bar of Chocolate?

It is unsure how much money the store owner makes from selling the chocolate, however, their annual salary ranges from $25,000-$30,000 a year.

10. Are there hidden cost that are not included in the price you paid?

There are no hidden cost in the price that I paid for my chocolate (Peanut Chews).

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Karl Marx, Yesterday and Today

The nineteenth-century philosopher’s ideas may help us to understand the economic and political inequality of our time.

Fieldwork: Chapter 11 Class and Inequality

Marx believed the revolution would come in the most advanced capitalist economies. Instead, it came in less developed ones, Russian and China, where communism ushered in authoritarian government and economic stagnation. 

Capitalism shapes the educational system, without the education system the community would become a massive failure as without education the citizens are therefore without jibs, making it almost impossible to provide for their families. Education helps maintain the bourgeoisie and the proletariat so that there can be workers providing goods. 

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CHAPTER 10: KINSHIP RELATIONSHIPS

This kinship diagram shows my father’s/mother’s side of the family. I didnt include everyone, so there are a few people who are missing.

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Cultural Epectations

Society has been developing social norms, and one consists of the ideal images of women. For example, it was stated that “The idealization of thin bodies and normalization of dieting can pressure women to restrict their eating or be shamed for eating "too much." the quote explains how society has painted the image that women shouldn’t eat a-lot because women are supposed to have nice bodies.

Partner: Kelvin Gibbs Jr

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Field work assignment #7: Ethnicity & nationalism

Concept: Tanzania

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Field Work #5: Thomas Theorem

Racial Discrimination: It was a man that decided that skin color made people superior than the other. Since then it has been perceived that skin color does in fact make one superior than the other although that is not true at all, and is not the reality. However, people had made it into reality.

Oil Shortage: in 1973, the word spread that there will be an oil shortage, making people rack up on toilet tissue. This made the demand for the tissue higher than the production supply. this indeed caused a real shortage of tissue after the oil shortage proved to be false.

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Field Work Assignment 5: Cultural  Adaptation

Painkillers

Opiates (painkillers) were originally deprived from opium poppy, and have been used for thousands of years. Painkillers have been both used in the past for both recreational and medicinal purposes. The most common and active substance in opium is morphine, which is a powerful painkiller, and is also very addictive. In the sixteenth century laudanum, opium was prepared in an alcohol solution and used as a painkiller. Morphine was taken away from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century. The painkiller drug was widely used during the American Civil War, helping soldiers cope with pain such as cuts, scrapes, and other wounds. The soldiers then became addicted to the drug. Today, painkillers have been used to help people cope with pain.

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Cultural Adaptation

Reflect on the cultural adaptation examples given in class on Tuesday. Consider how cultural innovations such as glasses and braces affect our biological evolution a species. Follow the directions below for full points.

Come up with your own example of how cultural adaptation has trumped natural selection.

Include a written response detailing how this has occurred and what the impact has been.

Attach a photo of the item along with the post.

Chap 5 Quiz & Fieldwork Due Sun 3/3 @ 11:59 pm

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Language and Gender i the Classroom

Class Observed: Sociology 101 

Record how many men and women are in the class. Keep a tally of how many times men speak and how many times women speak. Who speaks more often?

Men:30 

Women:30

 Men/Women=60 people in total

From my observations the women in the class tend to speak more than the males. The males are usually more quiet than the women.

Record the average of how long people speak. Record the average of the number of words they use.

The  women in the class usually speaks on an average of about 45 seconds to a minute, whereas the men usually speak on an average of 0 seconds to 30 seconds. The men will use an average of about 250 words whereas the women use an average of 500 words because they speak for longer periods of time.

What are difference in body language and style of speaking between the men and women?

When the women in the class are called upon to speak or give an answer they are usually more upbeat and willing to participate. The  men in the class will be a little more hesitant to speak or give an answer on most occasions.

Is the instructor a man or woman? How do they encourage or discourage communication? 

The instructor is a woman, and she encourages students to participate by making jokes. She also brings a lot of energy to the classroom, allowing the students to be more comfortable, and willing to speak in class.

Consider their body language and gaze.Record the number of times the instructor calls on men versus women.

The instructor calls on men and women the same amount, giving equal opportunity to all the students to participate.

Does the instructor’s gender seem to influence the way they interact with the class? If so, how?

I do not believe that the gender of the instructor has an affect on the way students participate in the classroom. In my opinion, if an instructor brings positive energy to the classroom and is upbeat, the students will participate regardless of the gender of the instructor.

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Gangster Fever ~ NBA Youngboy

Gender: “but they show sympathy for somebody who ain’t got no d*** inside they pants think like a man”

People show sympathy for women but not for men

Power: “I speak the truth I don’t wanna be no one else”

He speaks his mind, and how he feels and he won’t change

Dialect: “Electric slide choppas spit static when we let out fire”

He’s describing how guns sound when in drive-by shootings

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Language and Gender in the Classroom

The classroom reflects larger cultural patterns according to which it may seem normal for males to talk more, leading to complicity by boys, girls, and the adults who teach them.This week, choose one meeting of a class in which there is a fair amount of student participation and pay careful, analytical attention to the connections between gender and language in the classroom.

Record how many men and women are in the class. Keep a tally of how many times men speak and how many times women speak. Who speaks more often?

Record the average of how long people speak. Record the average of the number of words they use. 

What are difference in body language and style of speaking between the men and women?

Is the instructor a man or woman? How do they encourage or discourage communication? Consider their body language and gaze.

Record the number of times the instructor calls on men versus women.

Does the instructor’s gender seem to influence the way they interact with the class? If so, how?

Fieldwork & Chapter 4 Quiz Due Sun 2/24 @ 11:59

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Field work: Mapping A Block

I’ve chosen the the 3rd floor of the Earl S. Richardson. In the image above, I sketched an image of the library. The picture contains the bookshelves, desk, office rooms, and doors located on the third floor. I noticed how on sundays there isn’t really anyone in the library. But from earlier trips throughout the week I discovered more people would be in the library. I noticed that there is a big section in the middle of the third floor made of glass (I don’t know what it’s used for).

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Mapping A Block

Develop your ethnographic skills of observation and description by drawing a map of a block or public space in your community and writing a narrative description of what you find.

Complete the following steps for full points:

1. Select a location (indoor or outdoor) that has defined boundaries. Some examples include:

an intersection

park

campus quadrangle

shopping mall

student center

2. Spend an hour sitting and observing, taking careful field notes of your observations (infrastructure, people, sounds, smells, etc).

3. Create a map of the selected area, with symbols and a legend, to illustrate what you observed. 

4. Answer the following questions in paragraph format:

What location did you choose? What drew you to it? Describe what you found.

What did you notice in your observations that you’ve never noticed before?

What is absent that you might have expected to find?

Visit the same block or space at a different time of day or different day of the week. How do your observations vary?

Chp 3 Quiz & Fieldwork Due Sun 2/17 @ 11:59 pm

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After rummaging through my belongings, I discovered that I spend more on things that are not really a necessity for me. Coming to college has made me realize I should save more, I say, simply because I tend/like to pay for things on my own. For example, books for my courses cost a lot of money, so I tend to save so that I can afford my books. In the end this exercise has helped me realize that I can and should prioritize my spendings by paying for things that may cost less than other things, or not purchasing a certain number of clothes and shoes.

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In-class Cutlure&Shb-culture Assignment

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Concept Map In-Class Assignment